It seems like just yesterday we were celebrating consumerism.. er.. I mean, the birth of Jesus, and now we’re celebrating his resurrection!
I really hate holidays. I hate days we “set aside” to celebrate something or to do something special. I think I touched on this in my April fools rant. Things are special ALL the time. My birthday is not special, it’s my entire life that is special. If I believed in the resurrection of Jesus, every day would be a celebration of that fact. I find no need to call special attention to any day or to get set into obscene rituals and traditions. If I want to celebrate something more than normal, I will do it when I feel like it, not because it is dictated.
And Easter is hell, really. I notice that a couple days before and a couple days after Easter too many people feel they have the right to be complete assholes and do whatever they want. You want to know why? They have a “get out of jail free” card. Oh, I’ve got eternal life. Oh, I’m saved by Jesus. Now give me the damn (insert any item you want here) NOW.
I’m not saying this is everyone. If this is NOT you (as a Christian), then I applaud you. Because it is definitely the majority. And if you don’t see it, start looking around at people. It’s a sad, sad fact. People get so haughty into their beliefs not realizing that they are actual practicing something very, very beautiful (individualism and self-oriented focus) but without the accountability and the self worth. I’m special! I’m going to get eternal life. I am all so important because I worship an everloving God that damned me into sin and then gave up his Son (which, uhm, he didn’t really “give up” since life is not about here in the physical?) to save me from that very same sin… so sod off, because I’m special.
For the love of everything beautiful, if you are going to embrace a religion, embrace it! Do not treat it like a buffet, where you can pick and choose what you like and don’t! And if you find something you don’t like, then follow your own heart. Do not declare yourself by a path or by a standard. Just live to be happy, live to be yourself, and remember that each and everyone one of us is special and deserves the same rights to be happy…